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Table 2 Genome-wide significant results of EWAS in whole blood

From: From blood to lung tissue: effect of cigarette smoke on DNA methylation and lung function

CpG-site

B

SE

P-value

Adj. P-value

Gene annotation

Gene function#

cg05575921*

− 0.00360

0.00043

6.80E-17

2.86E-11

AHRR

Repressor of AHR, important in dioxin toxicity and involved in regulation of cell growth and differentiation

cg21566642*

− 0.00176

0.00024

1.21E-13

5.09E-08

NA

NA

cg03636183*

− 0.00211

0.00029

1.55E-13

6.53E-08

F2RL3

Plays a role in platelet activation and hypomethylation may be associated with human lung cancer

cg05951221*

− 0.00130

0.00018

2.01E-13

8.48E-08

NA

NA

cg01940273*

− 0.00143

0.00020

4.20E-13

1.77E-07

NA

NA

cg06126421*

− 0.00230

0.00033

2.75E-12

1.16E-06

NA

NA

cg15342087*

− 0.00092

0.00014

1.23E-11

5.19E-06

NA

NA

cg24859433*

− 0.00089

0.00014

3.91E-11

1.65E-05

NA

NA

cg27241845*

− 0.00110

0.00018

2.21E-09

9.30E-04

NA

NA

cg20451986

0.00104

0.00018

4.85E-09

2.04E-03

NA

NA

cg12876356*

− 0.00244

0.00042

7.55E-09

3.18E-03

GFI1

Transcription repressor essential for hematopoiesis

cg09935388*

− 0.00218

0.00040

5.42E-08

2.28E-02

GFI1

Transcription repressor essential for hematopoiesis

cg21161138*

− 0.00106

0.00020

7.10E-08

2.99E-02

AHRR

Repressor of AHR, important in dioxin toxicity and involved in regulation of cell growth and differentiation

cg22994830

0.00102

0.00019

7.17E-08

3.02E-02

PRKAR1B

Involved in cAMP signaling in cells

cg18146737*

− 0.00256

0.00048

8.19E-08

3.45E-02

GFI1

Transcription repressor essential for hematopoiesis

  1. *Associated with smoking status in previous studies
  2. #Gene function obtained by www.genecards.org